Activity
Math Playground

Math Playground: Make a Number

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Make the target number using four cards and four operations in this interactive game.
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Picturing Factors in Different Orders

For Teachers 5th - 8th
The purpose of this task is to help students picture the multiplicative structure of the number 30 in different ways. Some of this structure is easier to communicate using grouping symbols, as it is easier to interpret...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Measuring Cups

For Teachers 4th - 8th
This task could form part of a classroom activity where students are encouraged to find as many different ways as possible to make different fractions such as 1/12 and then share their methods. While measuring cups would be helpful to...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Origami Stars

For Teachers 4th - 8th
The purpose of this task is to present students with a situation in which they need to divide a whole number by a unit fraction in order to find a solution. Calculating the number of origami stars that Avery and Megan can make...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ns Baking Cookies

For Teachers 6th Standards
Sixth graders are asked to do arithmetic with fractions in order to calculate the amount of ingredients they have for baking cookies and how many batches they can make. Aligns with 6.NS.A.1.
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Medal Muddle

For Students 5th - 8th
Can you work out which order these thirteen nations finished in after competing? This activity presents an exercise in strategic thinking, accessible to lower secondary students (but hinting at the more advanced mathematics of sorting...